Garment reversing tool



1931- .J. M. M. VACCARELLA 1,835,826

GARMENT REVERSING TOOL Filed Sept. 5, 1928 Patented Dec. 8, 1931 JOSEPH m. M. vAccARnLLA, or 'MAn AssET, NEW, on

GARMENT nnv'nnsins 'roon Application filed. September 5, 1928; ,Serial No. 304,096.

This invention relates to tools for reversing garment parts of various kinds and classes and especially angular corner portions of garments such for example as the pointed ends of the lapels of coats, jackets and the like; and the object of the invention is to provide a hand tool of the class specified involving pivotally coupled handle members having laterally and angularly extending jaw members provided with inwardly directed finger rods normally arranged in a substantially horizontal plane when the adjacent ends of said finger rods abut; a further object being to provide a tool of the class i 1 described, the finger rods or jaw members of which may be made of a comparatively hard and strong and durable substance secured to the body portion of the tool which may be composed of a softer and less expensive substance; a further object being to provide the free end of one of the rods or jaw members with a pair of pointed prongs forming a V-- shaped recess in said end, and the correspond- 7 ing end of the other member being fashioned to conform with the V-shapedcontour of the first named member, facilitating the gripping of a workpiece in the operation of turning or inverting the same; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a tool of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple in construction, eificient in use, and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in-the following specification of which the ac'companying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a slight perspective view of a tool made according to my invention with part of the construction broken away and in section.

Fig. 2 is a sectional, detail view of a modified form of construction which I employ;

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Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the use of my improved tool.

In the drawings, I have shown for the purpose of illustrating one method of carrying my invention into efli'ect, a portabletool 5 consisting of two handle members 6 and 7 pivoted together as seen at 8,:the handles proper beingformed by comparativelylarge finger andhand receiving loops 9 andrlO. Beyond the pivots 8, the handle members-are provided with jaw supporting arms 11 and 12 respectively. These arms normally extend laterally in opposite direction and are curvedand terminate in straight and parallel endportions 11a and 12a,-in whichthe. finger rods :or jaw members proper 13 and 14 are adjustably and detachably supported by means. of set screws 15.; W r It will be understood that" the main body ofthetool may be cast, stamped or otherwise formed from inexpensive material, whereas the jaw members 13 and 14 may be fashioned from a more expensive and stronger material. These jaw members have adjacent conical end portions 16 and 17,tl1 e end portion 16 terminating in a pair of oppositely disposed prongs 18 .Whereas the'end portion, of the member 14 terminatesin a pointed :V-shaped member 19 which seats within the V-shaped recess 20-ar+ ranged between the prongs 18,. which constructionis clearly illustrated in Fig; 310i the drawings. 1 g r I I -Fig. 2 of the drawings, I have shown a slightmodification wherein themembersl13 and ltzare each fixedly attached tov thel' ends of the tool, .and in the construction shown, the member 14- 'is shown supported in connection with theend 12a of the part 12 byriveting the member 14 in placeas seen at 21; Any other means of attaching the members '13 and 14 maybe employed. I v

My V'mproved tool is designed primarily for use-in reversing garment parts after a stitching operation, to turnlsa-id 'parts'righ-t side out, and especially. in the formation of the peaks of lapels of'coats, jackets and other garments. To illustrate thisuse of the-in vention, l haveshown the separate side parts 22 and 23 of the lapel portion of a garment arranged in position between the jaw members 13 and 14, the seamed corner of the parts 22 and 23 being shown at 24 in full lines. By placing the jaw member within and between the parts 22 and 23, and then passing the prongs 18 over and into the seamed portion 24 at the corner of the lapel, the side members or parts 22 and 23 may be turned upon the member 13 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 to bring said parts in a right side out position.

The purpose of employing the pronged end on the member 13 is to facilitate the proper and firm engagement of the tool with the, I v

workpiece to prevent the slipping thereof, and at the same time to so engage the workpiece as to securely grip the same, and yet not pierce, rip or tear it in the reversing op-' oration, it being understood that the prongs 15 18 engage the hem portion of the workpiece, as will be apparent upon a consideration of Fig. 3 of the drawings. 7

While the broad principle of employing reversing apparatus for the general purpose 20 statedis old, such apparatus involves mechanisms which must be mounted upon a table or other support, which become awkward and inaccessible in use, and cause great loss of time in the use thereof. With my invention however, a portable hand tool not much larger or more inconvenient to handle than a pair of shears, is provided, whereby the desired result may be accomplished in a simpler and more efficient and practical manner. It will also be understood that by virtue of my improved jaw construction, the-corner portions of lapels or other garment parts may be inverted when stitched, to a right side out position in a quick, neat and accurate manner, the tool extending to the extreme corner portion of the lapel in this operation.

It will be understood that while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect that I am not .40 necessarily limited to these details and various-changes therein and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

i Having fully described my invention, what I claimfas new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is v A tool of the class described comprising pivotally coupled handle members having laterally extending jaw supporting end por tions, rod-like jaws in said end portions and arranged in opposed and relatively movable relation, and means for detachably and ad- ]ustably sup orting said jaws in connection with said en portions of the tool.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 27th day of August, 1928.-

JOSEPH M. M. 'VACOARELLA. 

